Last night, I made some remarks that were meant to be a joke amongst friends. These remarks were regrettable and reprehensible. Today, I have been receiving attention from many individuals asking for my comment on these unfortunate remarks made by myself on my Twitter account last night. This is my official comment.
To Logan Tuley-Tillman – I am deeply sorry for making these remarks in your direction. I wish you nothing but the absolute best in your future as a collegiate athlete and more importantly as a student at the University of Michigan. My remarks were meant not to offend, but to highlight another unfortunate situation in the NFL bounty scandal. I realize now how short sighted and foolish my tweet was.
Ohio State University and the University of Michigan share the greatest rivalry in all of sports. The passion that I feel for my team is the same passion that Michigan fans feel for theirs. My passion for my alma mater is no excuse for my ridiculous behavior.
I ask for all of you to please excuse my remarks, and more importantly I ask for the forgiveness of Logan Tuley-Tillman. Best of luck to you in your endeavors in the classroom and on the football field.
As a token of my deepest regrets in this situation – I will be making a $2000.00 donation to the University of Michigan to be used towards increasing the already spectacular educational programs that they possess. I hope that this donation will help to ease the pain of my unfortunate remarks. Thank you. I welcome suggestions from the University of Michigan family for which program to direct my donation towards.
Props for the apology and donation. That takes character.
I’ll believe the donation when I see proof of it. Just seems like you’re back-peddling from threatening a 16 year old kid by trying to say anything that will calm down the shit storm you caused.
Thank you for your comments. If I do not receive feedback from the University of Michigan family on where I should place my donation I will be making it to the University of Michigan’s general scholarship fund.
As a Michigan alum, I too share a deep respect for the rivalry between Michigan and OSU. Maybe your lapse in judgement can be a moment we all learn from- that while important, in the end it is just a game. I believe it would benefit the rivalry if both sides would step back and show some respect and kindness towards one another. I am sure that Logan appreciates your comments, and probably wishes he himself had handled the situation a bit differently.
Donate to Mott’s Children’s Hospital
As a Michigan fan, I was disgusted by your tweet, regardless of it’s hyperbolic nature. Hopefully soon we’ll all learn that we can’t just say anything we want at anytime we want online, specifically on Twitter.
Your apology is a good step and a donation is a noble gesture. Like most, I’m sure that coming off of $2,000 won’t be easy, but chalk it up to the Stupid Tax. We all have to pay it at some point.
Good luck with your business and hopefully we’ll have two 11-0 football teams ready to face off at the end of November.
Mott’s Children’s Hospital is a particular favorite charity of the Michigan football program.
Social media can be a blessing and a curse. I hope you don’t suffer professionally as an e-marketer after making your remarks about LTT. This off-season seems to have taken the bitter rivalry to an entirely new level (low). Maybe it’s time you step away from Bucknuts or whatever site you frequent and enjoy life.
Nice gesture with your donation. You can find a link on MGoBlue.com to donate to the program. Here’s the link:
http://www.mgoblue.com/victorsclub/donate.html
Go Blue!
Harrison, the University of Michigan football program participates heavily in raising money for Mott Children’s Hospital. Players can be found there on a weekly basis as well. This would be a good place to contribute if you are sincere.
http://www.michigandaily.com/article/former-football-stars-raise-money-mott
Also, the fact that you have changed your Twitter page to say “Big Michigan Fan. Go Blue!” shows me that you have no respect for this rivalry whatsoever. I understand that you made this change because you have brought shame to your university with your post, and you are attempting to do damage control (and possibly NCAA sanctions if you are an official OSU booster) by posing as someone who is not affiliated with OSU. But someone who respects this rivalry would never flip like that, even for a second.
I am a die hard Michigan fan, so i know your passion. The tweet you sent out was wrong and disconcerting, but i thought your apology was sincere. I know we all say things we wish we didn’t . GO BLUE!!!!
Give it Mott. Send a personal note to LTT. Let’s move on with life.
This should be a lesson learned to all adults that take football way to damn seriously. I remember at least THINKING similar things when Boren transferred to Ohio State. I never said them, but the fact that I even thought them disgusted me. End of the day, almost every kid that was recruited to Michigan was also recruited by Ohio and vice versa. Plenty consider both universities heavily, plenty grew up fans and would never consider the other.
As grown men and women, people have to remember that this rivalry is what defines our fandom. It’s easy to hate each other, but it should also be easy to respect each other, even through the ups and downs and various scandals associated with college sports. Grown ups should set an example for these kids.
Mott Children’s Hospital, without a doubt. Not an education program as you suggested, but certainly the answer 99% of current and former players would give.
You can make a search for a donation of your choice-
https://dartbbncprod.dsc.umich.edu/page.aspx?pid=365
Or give to Mott’s-
https://dartbbncprod.dsc.umich.edu/page.aspx?pid=365&s-Level%201%5CSite%5CSite%20path=Mott&s-search=1
Please donate it to Mott’s Childrens Hospital. Their work there is life saving.
I thought your twitter post was way out of line. But then, I saw your apology and your desire to donate the money to a good cause. Hope you learned something, and remember, at the end of the day, these kids should just have fun playing football!
Good for you.
This rivalry is special, and needs to be treated as such. I respect passionate fans of both schools. But we also need to recognize that these are KIDS doing our fighting for us. Threatening a kid, even indirectly through social media, was wayyyy out of line. It appears you understand that now. So let’s hope this situation is a lesson for everyone to see. In the meantime, your apology seems sincere, and the donation appreciated. So let us move on.
Good luck to you both personally and professionally.
GO BLUE!
-Ron Lippitt
p.s. As some earlier posters suggested, CS Mott Children’s Hospital would be the perfect charity for your purposes. Rivalry aside, this is a special place.
Classy response, well handled sir.
Nice move, and a good reminder to all of us. We all make mistakes, but the test of character is whether you admit it and how you try to fix them. Go Blue!
Well done Sir.
Go Blue